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How do you pronounce the word "milk"?

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How do you pronounce the word "milk"?

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moshquerade said:
Bagged milk is funny.
Canadians pronounce some words differently than we do in the states. I have heard "about" pronounced "aboot" many times by my friends to the north.
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SOME Canadians do. It's the fucking maritimers, who, self-admittedly, pronounce things wrong.

And we do say "Eh." A lot. But not the same way as it's depicted.
 
Alone said:
SOME Canadians do. It's the fucking maritimers, who, self-admittedly, pronounce things wrong.

And we do say "Eh." A lot. But not the same way as it's depicted.
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Of course it's some, not all, who pronounce it that way. I am just embracing the some right now.
 
It's pronounced exactly how it looks.
It's spelled with an I, not an E, so why would you try to pronounce it as if it was spelled with an E?
 
moshquerade said:
You seem quite intolerant. You must abhor people who have accents. Southerners must send you running to your happy place.

Listen, it's not a grammar issue. It's a way of saying the word. You aren't a better person than me or anyone who pronounces a word slightly different than the popular pronunciation.
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I live in the South, for what it's worth and no one here that I've encountered in my last 15 years here says "melk". You're right, me saying "milk" as opposed to you saying "melk" doesn't make me a better person than you, it just means I speak English correctly.

As for the intolerant comment. Wow, do you not see the irony of your statement after starting a thread about mispronouncing a word and then attacking those who may correct you? Get a grip.
 
moshquerade said:
that makes a whole bunch of sense. like the English language is full of absolutes. 😛 the three of you who pronounce it "mell-k", you wanna make out or something? 😀
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sure 😀

learn something new everyday, no one's ever given me grief for saying it wrong lol.
 
Alone said:
Us Canadians pronounce it "mill-k." Not because we're Canadians, but because we can pronounce words properly.

And yes, we have both bagged and carton milk. Mostly because bagged is the shit.
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Like hell you do...
"Aboot" comes to mind rather quickly...😛
 
DT4K said:
It's pronounced exactly how it looks.
It's spelled with an I, not an E, so why would you try to pronounce it as if it was spelled with an E?
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Some English words are adopted or inherited from other languages. Milk might have been adopted from the language of <sound of face smothered in cleavage>
 
iFX said:
I live in the South, for what it's worth and no one here that I've encountered in my last 15 years here says "melk". You're right, me saying "milk" as opposed to you saying "melk" doesn't make me a better person than you, it just means I speak English correctly.
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way to turn this into a pissing match.

here's the thing, people have accents which finds them pronouncing certain words a bit differently than your proper stick up the ass English. why should i harp on them and claim they aren't pronouncing words exactly correct? is it a superiority thing to point this out?
 
Razgriz said:
sure 😀

learn something new everyday, no one's ever given me grief for saying it wrong lol.
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not here either until this recent incident. probably because i've just now encountered someone anal enough to give a fuck about it.

(it's up to 4 people now... 😉
 
moshquerade said:
way to turn this into a pissing match.

here's the thing, people have accents which finds them pronouncing certain words a bit differently than your proper stick up the ass English. why should i harp on them and claim they aren't pronouncing words exactly correct? is it a superiority thing to point this out?
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It's only a pissing match because you made it one, kiddo. My initial comment was a little rhyme I learned waaaay back in elementary school, which apparently was just to logical and you took offense to it. I suppose you expected me to be some New England'er? Hah.

Have fun pissing, Miss Melky.
 
moshquerade said:
not here either until this recent incident. probably because i've just now encountered someone anal enough to give a fuck about it.

(it's up to 4 people now... 😉
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I don't "give a fuck" (your words) how you say it, but when you post a thread asking how other people say it and they TELL you, all of a sudden people are attacking you? Jesus Christ. Grow up, kiddo.
 
iFX said:
It's only a pissing match because you made it one, kiddo. My initial comment was a little rhyme I learned waaaay back in elementary school, which apparently was just to logical and you took offense to it.

Have fun pissing, Miss Melky.
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Melky Cabrara? Well, he's married, so it would be Mrs. Melky to you.

I think we have a generational thing going here. Old people get stuck in their ways. Get a little irritated by anything out of their realm of thought.
 
iFX said:
I don't "give a fuck" (your words) how you say it, but when you post a thread asking how other people say it and they TELL you, all of a sudden people are attacking you? Jesus Christ. Grow up, kiddo.
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Someone can tell me I am pronouncing it wrong, but when they attack me for it, sure I go on the defensive.

Subtlety is not your specialty.
 
I say it Milk and my wife says it melk. She's from eastern PA near philly though, and also says things like pellows instead of pillows.
 
moshquerade said:
Someone can tell me I am pronouncing it wrong, but when they attack me for it, sure I go on the defensive.

Subtlety is not your specialty.
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You've gone off the deep end, Miss Melky. All the attacks have been done by you.

Let me go check something real quick... yup, the title of this thread is still, "How do you pronounce the word 'milk'?"
 
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